Harry Potter

Emma Watson confirms she will be in the next Harry Potter movie

Putting an end to all the rumors, Emma Watson has confirmed that she will be in the next Harry Potter movie. While she only mentions the one movie, the way she announced it makes it clear that she will most likely also be in the seventh and last movie. "I definitely intend to do another Harry Potter movie. I would do Harry Potter for nothing. It's not really anything to do with the money."

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Harry Potter themepark in the works

If you have always wanted to walk through Hogwarts, or to feel what it's like to sit on a broom yourself, then you only have to wait until 2009. That year, a special Harry Potter themed land will open inside Universal Studios Florida. In 2005 it was reported that Disney was planning to build a Harry Potter themepark, but now Universal is the studio that has secured the rights. Any suggestions of what type of attractions you would like to see in a park like this? Personally, I'll go for a Flying Broom Coaster.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to open two days early

If you are one of the many Harry Potter fans who cannot wait for the opening day of this movie, then you are in for a (little) bit of luck: the movie will open on Wednesday July 11th instead of on Friday July 13th. Of course this is only really news for American fans of the Potter books, since the movie was already set to open on that day in most other countries. Still, now Americans can see the continuing adventures of The Boy Who Lived together with the rest of us and don't have to worry about spoilers popping up left and right (which probably doesn't matter that much anyway, since most people will have read the book the movie is based on anyway).

Six new Harry Potter TV ads online

Warner Bros has amped up their publicity campaign for the new Harry Potter film a little bit more with a sextet of new TV spots. As you can expect, much from these clips was also in the trailers that have been released, but there is also actually quite a bit of new footage that make it worthwile to sit through these trailerettes (hey, if Jerry Seinfeld can get away with making up words like minisodes, I can get away with trailerettes). The problem with these TV spots is always that they are cut so fast, that you can hardly get an idea of what's going on, but that's the price you have to pay if you want new footage.

Potter trio to be honored at Hollywood Walk of Fame

The three young stars of the Harry Potter movies, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Gint, will be honored at the famous Walk of Fame in front of Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. They will put a hand, a foot and their wand from the movie in cement. In case you happen to be in the area at the time it's happening, put this date in your agenda: Monday, July 9, at 11.30 AM. While I think it's cool that they are honored this way for their roles in one of the biggest movie franchises ever, I wonder why this wasn't done after movie seven, when the franchise over, as a way to end an era. Or do they know something about one of the actors not joining up for the last two movies that we don't know yet?

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to premiere in Tokyo

After four world premieres in the UK, it has now been decided that the world premiere for the fifth Harry Potter movie will be in Tokyo. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are reported to be on hand for the premiere, which follows in the footsteps of the world premiere for Spider-Man 3, which was also in Tokyo.

Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe on the cover of Teen Vogue

Hpana has scans of the upcoming issue of Teen Vogue, which features a large interview with the three young stars of the movie, including a shot of the cover, which will feature just Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe. As is custom with this magazine, they are some great shots. Click here to see them in full size!

Bonham Carter only in new Harry Potter for a few minutes

Helena Bonham Carter has a very important role in the new Harry Potter movie, that of evil witch Bellatrix Lestrange, one of the witches behind the even more evil Lord Voldemort, who is as intent as ever on taking over the world of wizards and witched. But even though the role is quite a prominent one in the books, not so in the movie. "I had five lines in that," she told British newspaper The Telegraph. "I think they cut three of them - and I was there for six weeks. I don't know quite how, still, to this day, I was there for that long. It really is 90 per cent waiting. I mean, nice waiting - waiting's OK if you've got a trailer." Still, even though her time mostly consisted of waiting, and then her role was decimated, she still enjoyed the process. "You can't look to huge job satisfaction, but it's nice to be part of it. And it's fun to be a witch!"

Top 10 most anticipated summer blockbusters of 2007

The past weekend, summer season officially started, and it started with a bang. Spider-Man 3 broke every possible record, which means great things for all the other big movies that are coming up this year. Some weeks ago, I asked you guys and gals which ones of the summer blockbusters you were most looking forward to, and you responded in great numbers. It was a pretty close race at the top of the list, with two of the threequels duking it out for the top spot, and with the rest of the big summer movies only following at a respectable distance. Click through to see which movies you most want to see this summer!

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The past weekend, summer season officially started, and it started with a bang. Spider-Man 3 broke every possible record, which means great things for all the other big movies that are coming up this year. Some weeks ago, I asked you guys and gals which ones of the summer blockbusters you were most looking forward to, and you responded in great numbers. It was a pretty close race at the top of the list, with two of the threequels duking it out for the top spot, and with the rest of the big summer movies only following at a respectable distance. Click through to see which movies you most want to see this summer!

Everything is bigger at the IMAX-cinema, even Hermione's boobs!

I don't know what's more worrying about this bit of news: that Warner Bros has enhanced the size of Emma Watson's boobs for the IMAX-poster of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, or that people actually pay that much attention to those elements of the poster that they would notice. Anyway, it is kind of disturbing that a movie studio like Warner Bros would do something like this to their only 17-year old star, and for what exactly? People are going to watch this movie regardless, without having to be urged on like this.